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Posit: Jason Varitek screwed up by not accepting salary arbitration.

Posted by TFox Dec 8 '08, 11:55

Now any team that wants to sign him has to overpay salarywise *and* give up 2 draft picks to the Sox? He was way better off taking a big dollar 1 year deal through arbitration and hoping to re-establish some value.

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Wait...what? -- nm - kelly Dec 8, 11:59 6
- Here. (short version: he's maybe sort of dumb.) -- (link) - TFox Dec 8, 12:00 5
  - Ohhhhh. :( - kelly Dec 8, 12:03 4
    - We could have discussed it then, b/c I was already pretty sure he wouldn't accept, and was definitely sure it was a bad move. -- nm - TFox Dec 8, 12:04 3
      - His value is much higher with the Sox than with any other team. Makes no sense. -- nm - krusty Dec 8, 12:18 2
        
        Of course not, We don't have the knowledge that is Scott Boras. - Will Hunting Dec 8, 12:19 1
        
        It's like he's deciding on player values out of a 2004 fantasy baseball preview magazine. -- nm - TFox Dec 8, 12:27
No question. Boras is off his rocker if he thinks there's going to be a line of suitors willing or able to pay anywhere close to what he wants. - Will Hunting Dec 8, 11:57 2
- From the ESPN Winter Meetings blog: Why did the Tigers deal for Gerald Laird as opposed to signing Jason Varitek? - TFox Dec 8, 11:59 1
  - Laird's 5 years younger and not washed up. -- nm - Will Hunting Dec 8, 11:59

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